Chadwick v. Janecka’s Empirical Analysis
312 F.3d 597 · 2002
Citation profile
30 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions (6 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2021 · most notably Harrington v. Richter (2011), Harrington v. Richter (2011)
30 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Williams v. Taylor · Younger v. Harris · Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · Friends of the Earth Incorporateds v. Laidlaw Environmental Services Inc · Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if an examination of the opinions of the state courts shows that they misunderstood the nature of a properly exhausted claim and thus failed to adjudicate that claim on the merits, the deferential standards of review in AEDPA do not apply”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Grant v. Royal · Smith v. Sharp“[Petitioner], however, urges us not to take Bagwell at face value. He contends that the phrase ‘indefinitely until he complies’ in Bagwell does not mean ‘permanently and without other recourse.’ Instead, he maintains that ‘[t]he word ‘indefinitely’ is apparently used in its most precise sense, to mean ‘with no predetermined ending date.’ We have no quarrel with this definition, but this understanding of the term ‘indefinitely’ does not explain away the critical statement in Bagwell that a civil eontemnor may be confined ‘indefinitely until he complies.’ The meaning of the statement in Bag-well that a eontemnor may be held ‘indefinitely until he complies’ is perfectly clear. The phrase ‘until he complies’ sets the point in time when confinement must cease. The term ‘indefinitely’ describes the length of confinement up to that point, namely, a period ‘having no exact limits,’ because the end point (the time of compliance) cannot be foretold. Mr. Chadwick’s contrary interpretation — that ‘indefinitely until he complies’ means ‘indefinitely until he complies or it becomes apparent that he is never going to comply’ — is insupportable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“Chadwick will be released from jail and will be relieved of the pressure to return this money for equitable distribution. [Wife’s] injury is unquestionably traceable to Mr. Chadwick’s refusal to comply with the state court order under which he is being held. [The writ] would erase the effect of the state court order requiring the return of the funds and would significantly reduce [Wife’s] share of the marital estate.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.